Visitors meandered around Fort Morris Historic Site overlooking the Medway River in Sunbury on Monday to learn how early U.S. patriots toiled and entertained themselves long before Labor Day was an official federal holiday.

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To celebrate National Planting Day in September, Keep Liberty Beautiful will host two native plant giveaways from 9 a.m.-noon (or while supplies last) Friday, Sept. 14, at Farmers Natural Foods and from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (or while supplies last) Saturday, Sept. 15, at our quarterly Recycle It! Fair at the Liberty County Health Department. We also will have additional information about native species. Our community partners, Farmers Natural Foods and the Liberty County 4-Hers, are working with us to provide these events to encourage the use of native plants in landscaping in our community.

Employees at the Target distribution center in Midway donated $28,749 to the United Way of the Coastal Empire after a series of recent fundraisers that included a golf tournament, an employee auction and a penny war. Cecelia Charter, left, who ran the United Way campaign at the center, and Sarah Hall, Target team leader, hold a giant check representing the donation.